what are the muscles involved in the stay apparatus?

What is the cause Tendinitis/bowed tendon of the SDFT?

-Tendinitis is inflammation of the tendon, caused by overextension of the fetlock, which can lead to tearing-overexentsion can be caused by poor confirmation in a breed, poor trimming/shoeing, working a fatigued horse, poor footing, or direct trauma to the tendon

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What happens to tendon fibers when "over loading" occurs? When "complete failure" occurs?

-some fibers break during over loading-complete failure is the tearing of the entire tendon

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What surgical procedure is done to fix tendinitis at the SDFT? What does the surgery do?